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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [how work changes when you’re a woman: an interview with a transgender woman](#mctoc1) - [coworkers keep asking about my girlfriend, asking job candidates how lucky they are, and more](#mctoc2) - [to get an interview, I have to spend a week at a writing retreat at my own expense](#mctoc3) - [meetings are awful — why do we have so many of them?](#mctoc4) [][][] how work changes when you’re a woman: an interview with a transgender woman Sep 10, 2019 10:59 am In a recent discussion about how men need to get better at spotting talent in women (and people in general need to get better at spotting talent in people who are different from them), a long-time reader and commenter, Tammy, mentioned that, as a transgender woman, she’s seen stark differences in the way people treated […] You may also like: - [navigating LGBTQ issues at work: an open thread]( - [interview with a children's entertainer]( - [interview with a lab worker at the Arctic Circle]( [how work changes when you’re a woman: an interview with a transgender woman]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like how work changes when you’re a woman: an interview with a transgender woman on Facebook]( [][][] coworkers keep asking about my girlfriend, asking job candidates how lucky they are, and more Sep 10, 2019 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Older coworkers asking about my relationship with my girlfriend My girlfriend and I (we’re both in our late 20s) have been dating for just about a year and things are going very well. She’s an elementary school teacher and during her summer vacation she came […] You may also like: - [my boss is having an affair with a coworker and I found out from his wife]( - [am I wrong to refuse to hire coworkers' kids as interns?]( - [how to fend off nosy coworkers]( [coworkers keep asking about my girlfriend, asking job candidates how lucky they are, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like coworkers keep asking about my girlfriend, asking job candidates how lucky they are, and more on Facebook]( [][][] to get an interview, I have to spend a week at a writing retreat at my own expense Sep 09, 2019 01:59 pm A reader writes: I recently saw an ad for a job that sounded great: reviewing creative writing manuscripts and giving the authors feedback. This is my field, I have the required degree and publications the posting asked for, and I’ve done work like this before. The money being offered was good, but not unbelievably, out-of-line-with-the-market […] You may also like: - [staffing agency told me to pay for resume help before applying]( - [I'm supposed to share a house with five coworkers for a team retreat]( - [I was asked to set aside four hours for a 10-15-minute phone call]( [to get an interview, I have to spend a week at a writing retreat at my own expense]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like to get an interview, I have to spend a week at a writing retreat at my own expense on Facebook]( [][][] meetings are awful — why do we have so many of them? Sep 09, 2019 12:29 pm Chances are high that you’ll be spending a lot of time sitting in meetings at work this week — and you’re probably not happy about it. Is there any other single work activity people are so universally united in loathing? The animus makes sense: Poorly run meetings are far more common than the elusive productive […] You may also like: - [I'm spending hours every week sitting in useless meetings!]( - [can I speak up about how our meetings always run way past the allotted time?]( - [we have to sit in 3-hour "working" meetings every day where nothing happens]( [meetings are awful — why do we have so many of them?]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like meetings are awful — why do we have so many of them? on Facebook]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2019 Ask A Manager, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you signed up for my email list at askamanager.org. Our mailing address is: Ask A Manager askamanager.orgWashington, DC 20002 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](